AARON WARD DD 132

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Wickes Class Destroyer
Keel Laid August 1 1918 - Launched April 10 1919


1. USS AARON WARD Destroyer No. 132
   Commissioned April 21 1919
   
   
2. USS AARON WARD DD-132
   Redesignated (DD) July 17 1920
   Decommissioned June 17 1922
   Recommissioned May 24 1930 - Decommissioned April 1 1937
   Recommissioned September 30 1939 - Decommissioned September 9 1940
   
   
3. HMS CASTLETON I-23 (British Naval Service)
   Transferred to Great Britain September 9 1940 (Famous Fifty)
   
   Struck from Naval Register January 8 1941
   Broken up for scrap 1947

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1930-40)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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2nd Commissioning May 24 1930 to April 1 1937

 

Locy Type 3as

1932-06-17

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Locy Type 3 (B-BBT)

1933-02-12

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Locy Type 3s

1930-03-05

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Locy Type F "Mare Island / California" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-1

1932-09-21

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, North Bay Stamp Club

 

Locy Type F "NAVY DAY / Mare Island" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-1

1932-10-27

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, North Bay Stamp Club

 

Locy Type F "ARMISTICE / DAY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-1

1932-11-11

Armistice Day, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, North Bay Stamp Club
Add-on cachet by - Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type F "Mare Island / California" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-1

1932-11-18

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, North Bay Stamp Club
Add-on cachet by - Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type F "Thanksgiving / DAY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-1

1932-11-24

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Locy Type LDC 3 "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"

1937-04-01

Last Day in Commission

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3rd Commissioning September 30 1939 to September 9 1940

 

Locy Type FDR 3

1939-11-17

First Day of Postal Service

 

Locy Type FDR 3

1939-11-17

First Day of Postal Service, unfinished cachet from Gow C. Ng

 

Locy Type FDR 3

1939-11-17

First Day of Postal Service, unfinished cachet from Gow C. Ng

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "KEYWEST / FLORIDA"

1940-08-02

Cachet by Mae Weigand

 

Locy Type 9x

1940-03-16

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral Aaron Ward, USN (October 10 1851 - July 5 1918).

Three ships of the US Navy have been named in his honor; USS Aaron Ward DD-132, USS Aaron Ward DD-483 and USS Aaron Ward DD-773/DM-34.

 

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